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How To Prevent Scratches In Your Hardwood Flooring?

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How To Prevent Scratches In Your Hardwood Flooring?

Hardwood flooring has continued to be a popular selection by homeowners for a variety of reasons. Hardwood floors are longer lasting and can be refinished many times to freshen the look.  Wood is a sustainable, renewable and a natural material. It is easier to spot spills and debris on wood floors to keep floors clean. Wood does not retain allergens. And hardwood flooring is both a traditional and on trend selection for modern homes.   But let’s face it, all hardwood floors scratch over time.  Here are some tips to minimize the scratches and prolong the life and beauty of your hardwood floors:

DOWN WITH DIRT: The number one culprit of scratches is dirt and grit, so clean regularly to minimize this. Get a vacuum designed for hardwood floors, not for carpets.  The wrong vacuum can actually scratch your floors.

SOCKS ONLY: Take off your shoes.  Especially avoid spikey shoes like stilettos and cleats.  Keep a shoe bin at your entranceway.

AREA RUGS: Use area rugs with an area rug pad.  They are particularly helpful in high traffic areas like around the kitchen sink or dining rooms where chairs are frequently pulled out and moved.

CONSIDER WHEELS: Be careful with chairs, cabinets and entertainment centers with wheels.  If your furnishings have wheels, make sure they are non-marking rubber wheel balls.  Be sure to clean the wheels regularly, as dirt or debris that may adhere to them can cause scratches when the wheels are rolled across the floor.

DON’T PUSH:  Most damage to hardwood floors comes from pushing or dragging furniture across the floor when moving or redecorating. Whenever possible find a helper and pick it up and move it.

USE FURNITURE PADS: Furniture pads and glider pads help cushion the feet and corners of heavy furniture and can also serve to slide furniture around so it does not have to be lifted or on wheels.  For chairs that sit on your wooden floor, stick felt pads on their feet.  If the chairs move when people stand up or move, they won’t scratch your floor.

Be sure to stop by our newly expanded Showroom and a take a look at our latest selection of hardwood flooring.

National Karastan Month!

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Now through November 7, 2017 we are celebrating National Karastan Month offering the lowest prices of the season on Karastan carpets and rugs.

Karastan carpets are known for artistry, innovation and craftsmanship. Their sophisticated carpet styles range from traditional to contemporary looks and work great in today’s home, home office or business environment.

When you invest in a Karastan carpet or rug you can see the signs of quality in the backing, finish, craftsmanship, pile density, face weight and twist. Karastan pairs its high standards of excellence with outstanding warranties that guarantee your satisfaction.

As a leader in the carpet and rug industry, Karastan holds a position of environmental responsibility that it takes seriously. They use sustainable ingredients, preserve natural resources, and repurpose excess. They strive to develop responsible solutions and willingly plan ahead to optimize improvement in all areas of environmental stewardship. In keeping with these principles, Karastan aggressively researches, develops, and employs new ways of preserving our planet and of producing products that improve the health and comfort of your home.

Now is the time to save on gorgeous carpet from Karastan for a limited time only. Stop by our showroom today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Luxury Vinyl Flooring?

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What is Luxury Vinyl Flooring?

Luxury Vinyl Tile and Luxury Vinyl Plank is a luxury vinyl product that looks like stone or wood, complete with gorgeous natural colors and surface textures that feel like the real thing.

LVF differs from standard vinyl in its ability to mimic the look of natural materials like wood or stone by adding a realistic photo created layer to the surface, combined with textures that resemble the natural materials.

LVT can simulate wood (teak, maple, oak, walnut, and pine) and looks like wood planks in everything from color to species. Surface textures often include the look of scraping or embossing, which dramatically heighten the realism. Also like wood, planks may be installed in sophisticated ways—in brick fashion, diagonally, and so on. Typically wood-look LVF will be made of 100% vinyl.

LVT can also simulate stone (slate, travertine, marble, etc.) with some styles that can even be installed without grout, providing a stunning finished look.

Be sure to stop by our newly renovated showroom and explore the many options in Luxury Vinyl Flooring. We feature the following manufacturers:

  • US Floors – Core-tec
  • Shaw – Floorte
  • Derr – Fusion
  • Armstrong – Luxe and Vivero and Rigid Core
  • Mohawk – Triversa

 

 

 

Refinishing A Hardwood Floor

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If you are in the market to buy or sell a home, it is important to notice the condition of the home’s hardwood floors. While there are many benefits to hardwood flooring, it can also be costly to replace.

Hardwood flooring is a great option for kitchens, living rooms, and entryways with many benefits including easier cleanup, low maintenance, durability, and an ecological choice. If treated with care, hardwood flooring can last decades. However with time, their condition can wear out. Just as there are many benefits to investing in hardwood floors, there are many benefits to getting those floors refinished.

Unless you have significant experience, the correct machinery and helpers, it is not recommended to tackle this as a DIY project, but rather hire a professional. Refinishing hardwood floors is extremely messy, back breaking and time intensive.

There are multiple steps to consider and each phase of the project must be done properly or you could end up having to re-do the job from the start. There is also the potential for injury, either from the heavy sanding machinery or a lack of ventilation during sanding which adds particles of unhealthy compounds into your ventilation system. This can create breathing problems and coat your entire home with filmy dust.

It is important to choose the appropriate stain for the job. The color should work well with your particular type of hardwood and be appropriate for the wear and tear the floor typically gets. You must also take into consideration the average room temperature and humidity of the room.

The experts at Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring have been providing on-site installation and refinishing of natural or finished hardwood flooring with over 90 years of experience.

Call today and let us help with your project.

The Benefits of Prefinished Stair Treads

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What is prefinished?

When talking about stairs, flooring, or other wood products, prefinished simply means that the customer does not have to apply any stain to the wood to color it or apply any polyurethane or top coating to seal in the color and give the wood the smooth, shiny finished appearance.

Prefinished versus unfinished stair treads.

Factory finished flooring has many advantages over site- applied finishes including installation time, competitive pricing, selection, healthy living and environmental factors.

Installation

According to NuStair, [link] remodeling stairs with pre-finished treads is a straightforward process that can usually be completed in about one day. It eliminates the necessity to remove the nosing from your original staircase, saving time and the mess of home sanding and sawdust in every corner of your project space.

 Quality Made In America

Along with quick installation and competitive prices, Callaghan’s maintains strict quality guidelines on all prefinished treads we sell. NuStair treads are Amish American made in Pennsylvania using select or better American hardwoods with a Lifetime Structural Warranty and a 10 Year Warranty on all wood.

Healthy Alternative

If you have allergies, you may have been advised that carpet holds dust much more than prefinished hardwood. Prefinished hardwood stair treads are a healthy alternative to carpet and can be easily cleaned. The smell of polyurethane can also cause health problems for sensitive family members or pets. Using prefinished stair treads eliminates that problem.

Sustainable Flooring

In addition to being cost effective, simple and elegant, prefinished stair remodeling is also environmentally friendly. Stair covers are installed over the existing substrate framing and nose, revitalizing and refinishing the high-use, high profile tread of the stairs, while reusing the existing framework. This effectively saves the entire wooden substrate from being torn out and put into a landfill, eliminating the new wood needed to build another staircase.

Stop by Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring to our sample our selection of NuStair prefinished treads plus the large variety of colors and species including Red Oak, White Oak, Maple, Hickory, Walnut, Brazilian Cherry, American Cherry just to name a few.